Friday, November 21, 2008

Theory Y Meets Generation Y

The Management Innovation Lab has published an article on productivity games, trust, and innovation.

Theory Y meets Generation Y

Julian Birkinshaw and Stuart Crainer look at a Microsoft team that is changing the way it works by incorporating the interests of its young employees to increase creativity and productivity.


Go to www.managementlab.org


and click on "latest issue" on the right or here -->

http://www.managementlab.org/files/LabNotes10.pdf


Thursday, November 13, 2008

A Few Good Links

"You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else." – Einstein

Lots of interest in productivity games these days - here are a few links to explore….

Changing the Game http://www.changingthegamebook.com/

- buy this book!

NY Times blog (link)

Edge – Changing the Game (link)


The Economist - http://www.economist.com/daily/columns/businessview/displayStory.cfm?story_id=11997115


HBR – Learning Leadership Online - http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/hbsp/hbr/articles/article.jsp?ml_subscriber=true&ml_action=get-article&&articleID=R0805C&pageNumber=1

IBM Gaming and Leadership Report - Studying management practices in on-line games

New Gym Features Video Games - http://www.kcci.com/health/17971532/detail.html

http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2007/august/181648.html

The Name of the Game is Work – Business Week

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/aug2007/id20070813_467743.htm?chan=innovation_special+report+--+the+power+of+gaming_the+power+of+gaming

Gaming may pay off at work http://www.canada.com/topics/technology/games/story.html?id=5e294b2e-c374-4fcd-b118-750a2e82e2ed&k=47110

IBM's Innov8 – BPM - http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/soa/innov8.html

Play the News game – http://www.playthenewsgame.com

America's Army – Recruiting - http://www.americasarmy.com/

Re-mission - http://www.re-mission.net/

Incident Commander–emergency response - http://www.incidentcommander.net/